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This show has been commercially released as "Dick's Picks, Vol. 31"
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chazu -
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8-6-74
Quite a memorable show. Friends had made an audience tape which was distributed and played til the tape wore out by everyone. Exceptional playing by one and all. Only downside was Ned and Phil sandwiched in between. They don't make 'em like this anymore......
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Shooting Dark Star -
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Not like another review matters....
But this show is the SHIT! And this recording is the SHIT! Outstanding indeed! Not sure if any one track is the best of '74, but the sum of it's parts equate to the best overall show of the year. 4 hours of Americana at it's finest. Regrettably I was just 10 years old and the folks wouldn't let me thumb a ride to Jersey to see this. How dare they!
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clementinescaboose -
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BAR NONE
the greatest uncle john's band ever -PHIL!
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cb18201 -
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fellow head lookin for some tunes
if anyone has this soundboard and would like to trade please email me. after listening to dicks picks 31 numerous times i cant help but want the rest of this show. if anyone could help me out ide be very grateful. peace
cb18201@hotmail.com
where are the Dicks picks 31 left overs?
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Dylan M -
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Yet another example of the magnificent 1974
The Dead SHINE in 74'. If they had supposedly ended their touring career with 10/22/74, then the band would have gone down as this infamously flawless band with amazing and never-failing musicianship. But thank goodness the journey didn't end there. But on the flip side, it is hard to argue against the fact that the most consistently amazing G-dead is from February 69 till their mid 74' hiatus. The band is simply in top form and (minus Pigpen) not negatively affected by substance in the slightest.
This show is just another example of the amazing jamming of 74'. The unusual Playin'>Scarlet>Playin' is quite energetic for a year of spacey Playin' jams. Every member is properly feeding off of the energy of the moment, like any good Dead show, and delivering exceptional versions of both songs. The second set Sugar Mag on is sooo tight. My words cannot do this show any more justice than simply listening to it.
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Darrylizer -
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Great show, sound not that good though
Some of these songs were used in Dick's Picks 31 and if you listen you'll know why. The first set is very, very good. Eyes is fantastic, and the funny interlude by Bobby "Don't climb on the fence, idiot" is a humorous bit of advice to the fans that tried to scale the barbed wire topped barrier in front of the stage. But the real meat of the first set is the Playing> Scarlet> Playing jam. It's 37 minutes of playing as amazing as the Dead ever got in 1974. Following the first set is the first and a half set?, the second set? In any case, Phil and Ned Lagin cut loose for 16:30 with some industrial sized electronic ear damage for your amusement/annoyance. The second set?, third set?, whatever, starts out with a strong Uncle John's Band complete with excellent jam in the middle. Good but not outstanding versions of Black Peter, El Paso, et al follow until the magnificent closing segue of Sugar Magnolia> He's Gone> Truckin'> Spanish Jam> Other One Jam> The Other One> Going Down The Road Feeling Bad> Sunshine Daydream. Hot damn what a great show. The only complaint is that like all '74 shows there's that persistant flat and farty sound to the vocals and that tinny drum sound. I sure hope the wall of sound sounded better to the audience than it comes across on tape. The Dick's Picks from this era have mitigated this problem somewhat but on "raw" tapes you get what you pay for;-) It's a five star show sound notwithstanding, I tell you what.
Reviewer:
Darrylizer -
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Great show, sound not that good though
Some of these songs were used in Dick's Picks 31 and if you listen you'll know why. The first set is very, very good. Eyes is fantastic, and the funny interlude by Bobby "Don't climb on the fence, idiot" is a humorous bit of advice to the fans that tried to scale the barbed wire topped barrier in front of the stage. But the real meat of the first set is the Playing> Scarlet> Playing jam. It's 37 minutes of playing as amazing as the Dead ever got in 1974. Following the first set is the first and a half set?, the second set? In any case, Phil and Ned Lagin cut loose for 16:30 with some industrial sized electronic ear damage for your amusement/annoyance. The second set?, third set?, whatever, starts out with a strong Uncle John's Band complete with excellent jam in the middle. Good but not outstanding versions of Black Peter, El Paso, et al follow until the magnificent closing segue of Sugar Magnolia> He's Gone> Truckin'> Spanish Jam> Other One Jam> The Other One> Going Down The Road Feeling Bad> Sunshine Daydream. Hot damn what a great show. The only complaint is that like all '74 shows there's that persistant flat and farty sound to the vocals and that tinny drum sound. I sure hope the wall of sound sounded better to the audience than it comes across on tape. The Dick's Picks from this era have mitigated this problem somewhat but on "raw" tapes you get what you pay for;-) It's a five star show sound notwithstanding, I tell you what.
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Acid Queen -
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A GREAT 'FLASHBACK' .................................
I agree with KickaPooJoy, this was an EXCELLENT show,TWICE! Well not really twice; I mean the band only played once, but we were all there in Roosevelt Stadium waiting and waiting for the rain to stop, so the band could come out and play, on the stage that had no roof. Needless to say, the band gave up waiting (we all probably would of waited until the next day)and made the annoucement that they were cancelling the show for that night. With that statement, came all the catcalls and boos, were silenced when the announcer quickly said, "Don't worry nobody's gonna get burned. We're gonna do it in a couple of weeks; just hold on to your ticket stubs....! As Kicka said, as we left the stadium, we discovered 'clusters' of people who were encircling people from the venue handing out outdated 'Ike and Tina Turner' tickets as 'rain checks'. I remember going up to about 6-7 and sticking my hand through the 'cluster', a ticket was placed in my hand; altogether we all had 15 'rain checks'that we took up to the show and gave away. I do remember getting 'the evil eye' from one dude, who was standing out front of the stadium hawking 'his rain checks'for $20.00, when my friend and I looked at each other and simutenously yelled out, "Free Dead Tickets Right Here"! The guy was shocked, mad and we just laughed.
Then of course the show was GREAT , too!
Aiko-Aiko
Reviewer:
phleshy -
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A tad overrated.
Of course the highlights of this show are delicious, no doubt about it. The 19-minute Eyes is definitely tasty with a couple of stellar moments and rolling to a flawless ending. The Playin'>Scarlet>Playin' definitely rocks and is basically perfect (with the obvious exception of Donna's God-awful wailing during Scarlet...fuck man, what were they thinking featuring her in that song?). The thing I love about the Playin' is that the jam never goes too far off the deep end; you think that a huge meltdown is going to take place a la 5/21/74 but instead Billy K. throws in the groovy Scarlet beat that considerably stabilizes the situation and paves the way for the Scarlet.
However I think the 2nd set is a tad overrated. Don't get me wrong, I think it's really good, but there are better jams in '74, such as 6/28 and 10/18. It's still a great show, no matter how you look at it.
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KickaPooJoyJuice -
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Hoo Yeah!
This was originally rained-out and rescehduled. I remember thaht on the way out of the cancelled night they handed out "rain checks" which were like some kind of Motown artist tickets. About 3 of us went to that night and 10 of us came back for the real deal (they weren't too tight on how many you took on the way out). The place went from mudpit to dustbowl and what an awesome show. Roosevelt Stadium was one big, old dusty dancefloor with surrounding amphitheatre bench seating. I saw every show at that place and this was my FIRST Dead show (with hundreds to follow)! This is the one that hooked me. And is this not the setlist you would put together yourself if you said "This is what I want to hear?" I give it 5 stars because, even if it sounded like crap, it's still my most memorable show. And yeah, they had a fence about 8 feet high that seperated the crowd from the stage in Roosevelt (I almost got crushed at CSNY that same year I think). Once you made you way up there, you were at the mercy of the crowd.
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lobster12 -
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one of the best
one of my all time favs. The playin>scarlet>playin alone are mind blowing. If you are not a fan of early dead, this is the one to baptise you.
Reviewer:
mgags -
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A COMPLETE SHOW!
1974 is as good as the Dead get and this show proves it. Set I starts slowly with a Bertha>Mexicali. A few songs later we get a reversal - Sugaree>Straw. Very nice. Then it's Eyes of the World. A true top 10 version. The interplay after the vocals is AMAZING! Jerry leads this from the start and after 19 minutes they finally come to a complete stop. The highlight of Set I is the Playin>Scarlet>Playin closer......37 minutes of wicked jams and wierdness. Like most Playin's from 74, this one gets out there until Keith reels Jerry in from outer space and develops a groove on the electric keys. This morphs into a sweet Scarlet Begonias. They finish Playin' and its break time.
Set II starts with a great reggae version of UJB into a rare Black Peter. The main jam of the night starts a few songs later....Sugar Mag>He's Gone>Truckin'>JAM>Other1>GDTRFB>Daydream. Folks, this is a solid hour of improvisational magic from the heavens. Great Jerry leads, a few Phil bombs and a great team effort all around. A sin they end with US Blues
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chiefbogie -
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Fence Climbing Idiot
Had this show on disc for a couple years, Fantastic! Don't know if it's on this copy, but after Eyes Bobby is telling people to stay off the fence since it had barbed wire. Of course some dude starts climbing causing Bobby to say in disgust "Don't climb on the fence Idiot"
Funny Stuff Five Star Show
Reviewer:
Cortez -
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The Best of '74
For me this is the one. No Dark Star and no MLBJ but no matter this one is awsome. I can't believe they didn't release the whole show.
I guess from the fantastic copies circulating they figured on going a different route.
IMHO this show is the best from a banner year.
Sound quality is 5 easily and the jamming is especially good.
Hilites: Playin>Scarlet>Playin, Eyes, Bertha, Truckin>Spanish Jam>Other one
You can't get this show here but GDlive.com has it in all its glory.
A must have for any collector.
For me a Top-10 all-time show !!!
Reviewer:
knownrider -
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Wow!
Wow!
Eyes. Scarlet.
Wow...
A must have for all DeadHeads.
Reviewer:
strawberry -
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DO YOURSELF A FAVOR
This is another unreal 74 show that will leave your cd player in smoke and flames!!! This whole show rocks not stop. Not much jamming until the 4th disc, but wow what a great 4th disc!! Only 5 tracks were released on DP31. If you don't have it, get the AUD in archive, or go to www.gdlive.com/ and download this show. They have the same copy.
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Krabcake O. Canada -
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Great show, only some of which was released
Just want to let you guys know that only a minority of this show was released on DP31: Eyes, Playin>Scarlet>Playin, and Uncle John's Band. If the policy permits it, it'd be appreciated if the rest of the show were made available for download in SBD. Thanks again for all your hard work at the Archive.
Reviewer:
dr. flashback -
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Top 5!
I don't always agree with Dick's choices, esp. in 1977, but he mostly gets it right, and definitely so here. A monster show,with 4 CD's worth of great 74 material. And,IMHO, the first set outdoes the second! First they give us a nice first set Eyes- surprise! Then the Playin>Scarlet>Playin alone is worth the price of admission. Simply jaw dropping!
The He's Gone>Truckin>Spanish>Other One jam, while not my favorite for 74, is very strong. Can't add much more to what's been cheered about here already, except to say that the doctor was in college in 1974, and the news of Nixon's resignation put us all in that old 60's spirit of unity once again, if only for a moment. This was the summer that spawned Saturday Night Live that fall, along with the first Prarie Home Companion in July. A spirit of celebration was ablaze across what was, in 1974, still a very loose, free and stoned country. 20 somethings take heart, it's coming back, hold on! A timeless and historic show. Can't recommend it enough, buy it!
Dr. flashback ;-)
Reviewer:
happytrails -
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Ditto
Great, looong show. First set in particular is a favorite of mine. For those who were not aware, the news they refer to in the first set is Nixon's resignation on that day. Is that why they were so loose?
Oops, I could sworn that was the day, but seeing as I was only 10 yrs old, maybe I got the date wrong. Even more interesting as a historical setting.
Reviewer:
Bayonne Glenn -
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wall to wall deadheads
This concert was scheduled for a few days earlier (august 4th I believe).The original date was simply beautiful until about 3pm when the heavens opened up and lighting was everywhere.all you needed to get into the makeup date was your ticket stub.90% of the ticket stubs were unreadable due to being caught in the storm. Many people got out any old stub and soaked it in water until it became unreadable also.the bottom line is there wre twice as many people at the show then the facility allowed for.the show was one of the best I ever saw as the band seemed to feed off the crowd and certinaly one I will never forget.Down load this show Asap.
Ps The news that Nixon was Going to resign did come out on the 8th as I saw CSNY at the same venue and Stills and Nash wre doing cartweels accros the stage.
Glenn
Reviewer:
rodzu -
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excellent show
Great energy throughout. Excellent sound quality. Particularly hot "Deal" -- the best I've heard. Top notch show.
Note that comment between Bertha and Mexicali Blues about the day's news refers not to Nixon's resignation (which occurred on August 8 1974), but the repercussions of the previous day's release of the June 23, 1972 "smoking gun" tape, which confirmed Nixon's involvement in Watergate and forced his resignation.
Reviewer:
Greg ODea -
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Absolutely MUST have
One of the great shows of an amazing year, and rendered here in a terrific recording. One of the best sounding shows I have. Phil is phat, sharp and prominent, laying out the big beefy bombs. An intense Sugaree and Eyes in Set 1, and as others have said, a fabulous Playin' > Scarlet > Playin', which takes off into must-hear territory. Set 2 is great as well. Be not afraid! Download it now, thank me later.
Reviewer:
nikos -
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A first set for the ages
The second set of this show is typical '74 Dead, which is to say, the boys and gal at the top of their game. The first set though, is truly exceptional. It contains a long, well-jammed Eyes of the World that must rank among the best of the year, and a fantastic Playin' > Scarlet Begonias > Playin' jam (the only ever such sandwich?) that visits some exciting jazz-funk places along the way. Few 80s or 90s shows boast such a jamming SECOND set, let alone first..
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Embers dad -
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Another
This is one of those must-haves for anyone who considers themselves to be more than a casual GD fan. Jerry and Phil dominate most of the jams and the singing really isn't that bad compared to some other shows from the era (well, okay...Donna makes sure we know she's there during her patented Playin' screaming).
The fourth disc alone is some of the best Dead you will hear.
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JohnOO -
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For the first set
I got this show ages ago, it was my first introduction to the band in 1974 (and the mind melt of seastones!). The first set is very good, can't say too much about the rest of the show as I have listened to it about twice the whole way through, but the first set is really good. The Eyes, Playin'>Scarlet>Playin' turn up on Dicks Picks 31, which is where they deserve to be!